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The Boolean Search Bench

You are searching a library database for the bedside-handoff speech. Build the search out of concept groups joined by AND, with synonyms inside each group joined by OR, then add operators and filters. Watch two things at once: the result count, and which of the seven articles you would actually have found.
Concept groups — joined by AND
Operators and filters
Your search string
0results—
1 · over-constrained20–250 · workable18,000